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Irvine council adopts local minimum-wage ordinance for city staff and some contractors
Summary
The city codified a local minimum wage that sets a $20 minimum for part-time hourly staff and a $25 minimum for longer-term hourly employees, and extends a $3.50 premium over the state minimum to qualifying contractors with contracts above $200,000. Council approved the ordinance 6–1.
The Irvine City Council on June 3 voted 6–1 to add a local minimum-wage requirement to the Irvine Municipal Code, creating wage floors for city hourly workers and certain contracted service employees and tying future local increases to the state minimum.
The ordinance, introduced by Mayor (presiding officer) and read by the city attorney as "an ordinance of the city council of the city of Irvine, California adding division 6 to title 2 of the Irvine municipal code relating to minimum wage requirements," codifies council-approved Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) that…
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